I’ve been making and using a lot of sampled loops lately— it’s a fun way to practice. And this is a fun one: the main riff from The Wizard, from Black Sabbath’s first record. It’s […]
Category: rock
Daily best music in the world: crash course in rock & roll
Here’s a playlist I put together for one of my new students, a 5th grader who is talented and motivated, but hasn’t heard a lot of music yet. Hopefully this will help get him hooked: Track list […]
David Bowie (1947-2016)
(h/t Luqman Brown) UPDATE: A very cool article about Bowie’s final album.
Simple one-handed Reed interpretation
UPDATE: Download link is working now… This is a simple exercise which arose while working on my Zigaboo Modeliste-like half time feel funk method. It will be easy to master— it’s fun to work on […]
Groove o’ the day: Hugh Grundy — Time Of The Season
Time Of The Season, by The Zombies, is still in heavy rotation on classic rock stations around the world— if you work in a warehouse, you hear this 2-3 times a week, as you have […]
Rock beats displaced
You’re not going to be seeing much of me for a few days— I’m getting married tomorrow, I’ve got a pre-wedding party today, then a micro-honeymoon at the Oregon coast Wednesday through Friday (the real […]
Daily best music in the world: Red Red Meat
All my writing energy is going into the new CSD! rock-and-funk book, so let’s enjoy some more rock & roll. Here’s a favorite band of mine: Red Red Meat, from Chicago, who put out a […]
Groove o’ the day: Poison Idea — Marked For Life
Here’s one for my student, Max: from an early demo by northwest punk legends Poison Idea. With our Iron Maiden shirts and long hair, my friends and I went to see them play in somebody’s […]
This / not this: grunge
What can I say, I’m feeling nostalgic. This 1994 video of Portland band Iommi Stubbs playing at The Satyricon is pretty much the epitome of grunge every respect— from the horrible recording, to the lack […]
Groove o’ the day: Melvins cover Butthole Surfers
I was re-listening to the videos in this post, and, in honor of music that makes you feel good— contra music that makes you feel nothing— here’s the beat Coady Willis and Dale Crover are playing […]